Re: USANA and Juice+ & prunes

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I looked up the oxalate content of differing fruits. Prunes have the same

oxalate level as apples, ...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en & safe=active & rls=com.microsoft%3A*%3AIE-Search\

Box & rlz=1I7GZAZ_en & num=100 & q=%22OXALATE+CONTENT+OF+FOODS+OXALATE+CONTENT+OF+FOOD\

S%22 & aq=f & oq= & aqi=

These foods are moderately high in oxalate (2–10

mg per serving):

• Apple

• Apricots

• Asparagus

• Bottled beer (12 oz [360 ml] limit/day)

• Broccoli

• Carrots

• Chicken noodle soup (dried)

• Coffee (8 oz [240 ml])

• Cola beverage (12 oz [360 ml] limit per day)

• Corn

• Cornbread

• Cucumber

• Lettuce

• Lima beans

• Marmalade

• Oranges

• Orange juice (4 oz [120 ml])

• Parsnips

• Peaches

• Pears

• Peas (canned)

• Pepper (greater than 1 tsp [2 grams] per day)

• Pineapple

• Plums

• Prunes

• Sardines

• Soy products (most)

• Sponge cake

• Tomatoes

• Tomato juice (4 oz [120 ml])

• Turnip

• Watercress

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> >Subject: Re: USANA and Juice+

> >To: miralax

> >Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 5:09 AM

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> >Yang, I totally understand what you are saying.  Right now I'm thinking

Fruit-eze is wonderful and gushing about it to friends and family.  If you know

something works and is natural, you want to share it.  I appreciate your input.

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> >I have a question for everybody.  A previous post asking about giving prunes

every day led me to do a search about it on the net.  While prunes are praised

for their laxative and nutritious affects, more than one site does say not to

overdo them and/ or take them daily.  Reasons include:  they have a stimulant

effect and can cause problems going after you stop eating them, they can damage

the colon, and they can cause increased oxalates.  We're giving a good bit of

fruit-eze every day to my grandson (2-3 tbs. a day).  Even with that, he has

had no loose BMs and goes well once a day.  The fruiteze site says its ok to

take daily and for long periods.  Does anyone have knowledge about this?

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> From: Yang Lin <lin67226yahoo (DOT) com>

> >To: miralax@yahoogroups .com

> >Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 10:34:42 PM

> >Subject: USANA and Juice+

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> >I agree this is not a site to advertise for products, I normally would not

have mentioned USANA, in fact, my son is doing so well, I don't even regularly

check the e-mails anymore.  I realize that people might feel like I was

promoting the product because I wanted to benefit financially, but that is not

the intend.  I decided to represent the company because I have seen how it

could help people and I wanted to make it available to others since most people

have no one to educate them about nutrition nor do they have much time or reason

to devote themselves in this area, unless they have a need.  Having been

through so much with my son and made all the scarifies, and now seeing all the

e-mails and frustrations from the people on this network, I thought perhaps

other might benefit from knowing about some healthy and safe options out there,

it just might help them and make their lives better, rather than pulling their

hair out every day trying to figure

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> >what else to do, like I was.  I felt like my whole live was being controlled

by constipation, a good day for me was when he had a big poop.

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> >I trust everyone is intelligent enough to make their own decisions.  It is

like miralax, no one said you must take it, it is your choice. I am glad it is

available because for some families it is “saving†their lives like it did

for us.  You do your own research and decided what is the best for you.  Just

because something worked for you, it does not mean it will work for others, or

vice versa.  I don't think it is a good idea for parents to let the kids suffer

from constipation because they fear miralax, nor do I think it is a good idea to

keep taking laxative all the time regardless which one.  Nothing is a

guarantee, but what if there is something that is safe and healthy with no

harmful side effects, and could possibly help solve the problem or lessen it,

wouldn't you want to at least know about it?  In fact, I felt bad not to share

what had worked for us and why I thought this product was different sinc I spent

a lot of time researching

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> >Anyway, I was just trying to offer some suggestions from a parent who has won

the battle against laxative that nearly destroyed our lives.  If I offended

anyone, I apologize. 

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> >Best regards,

> >Yang

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